This section is from the book "The Peoria Women's Cook Book". See also How to Cook Everything.
1 pk. green tomatoes, 4 red peppers,
1 qt. scant of little onions, 4 green peppers.
Chop tomatoes and onions and stand in salt 24 hours, drain, cover with vinegar, add chopped peppers, cook. - Mrs. L. C. Hinckle.
18 cucumbers,
½ cup salt,
3 medium sized white onions,
1 oz. white mustard seed,
1 oz. black mustard seed, 1 tablespoon celery seed, 1 cup olive oil.
Slice the cucumbers thin, and sprinkel with the salt, let stand three hours, mix other ingredients and pour over pickles and onions chopped fine-cover with cold vinegar. - Isabella C. Ayres.
1 gallon ripe tomatoes chopped fine, 6 good size onions,
3 tablespoons salt,
2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 tablespoon allspice,
6 green peppers, chopped, 1 tablespoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon cloves, 1 ½ cup brown sugar, 1 pint vinegar.
Mix well and cook slowly 3 hours or until thickened.
Mrs. S. N. Skeen.
1 lb. brown sugar,
1 pk. green tomatoes,
2 oz. white mustard seed, ½ oz. ground cloves,
½ oz. allspice,
1 oz. celery seed,
½ oz. black pepper,
6 or 8 green peppers, chopped,
6 or 8 onions.
Slice tomatoes very thin, sprinkle with salt and let stand for twenty-four hours. Drain off the juice and add other ingredients. Put in kettle and cover with vinegar and cook until tender. Seal while hot. A little chopped red pepper makes it more attractive. - Miss Katherine Bailey.
½ bu. tomatoes,
2 quarts vinegar,
1 scant cup salt,
1 tablespoon black pepper,
½ teaspoon red pepper,
2 onions,
2 tablespoons ground cloves,
2 tablespoons ground mace,
3 cups sugar.
Skin tomatoes and boil until soft. Skin onions and chop fine. Boil all together about three hours. - Katherine Bailey.
1 pk. tomatoes, salt to taste, ¼ oz. red pepper, ½ oz. cloves, 4 large onions,
1 pt. vinegar,
2 oz. black pepper,
2 oz. allspice,
½ lb. brown sugar,
Large stalk celery,
Handful peach leaves,
1 teaspoon almond extract,
1 tablespoon horseradish.
Put spices in bag, cook onions, tomatoes, celery, peach leaves together until soft. Put through sieve, then add spices. Cook 2 hours.
Mrs. Owen M. Jones.
1 8 large ears of sweet corn,
2 green peppers, 4 large onions,
¼ lb. ground mustard, Salt to taste,
1 head cabbage, 3 red peppers,
1 ¼ lbs. brown sugar,
2 teaspoons mixed spice, in a bag, 2 qts. vinegar.
Boil 30 minutes. - Mrs. Meister.
1 qt. small cucumbers, whole,
1 qt. green tomatoes, sliced,
1 qt. large onions, sliced,
1 large cauliflower, chopped or broken, 1 qt. large cucumbers, chopped, 1 qt. small onions, whole, or, 1 large cabbage, chopped.
Make a brine of 4 qts. water and 1 of salt. Pour it over the mixture and let stand 24 hours, drain, and cook till tender but not soft, in fresh water, drain again. Mix 1 cup flour, 6 tablespoonsful ground mustard, 1 tablespoonful tumeric with enough cold vinegar to make a soft paste and add one and one-half cups sugar. Put it into 2 qts. of hot vinegar, like making milk gravy, then mix well with the vegetables. The tumeric gives it a clear yellow color, otherwise it would look dark and muddy.
Mrs. T. G. Lowry.
 
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